Masters of the Universe live-action film fans, it is time to get excited! Umbrella Entertainment has announced a "Masters Of The Universe" (1987) Collector's Edition Blu-Ray pre-order that will feature 2 HOURS of Never-Before-Seen Content! Yes, you read that right. Two hours! And among that bonus content appears to be a documentary on the sequel…
I'M SO EXCITED! I pre-ordered it immediately! I remember watching this in the theatre as a kid (and annoying my parents by pointing out all the differences from the cartoon on the drive home 🤣)!!
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It sounds like the new footage is just the cut material from the Electric Boogaloo documentary. If this ever makes it to the US, I might get it, but I doubt I will import.
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It sounds like the new footage is just the cut material from the Electric Boogaloo documentary. If this ever makes it to the US, I might get it, but I doubt I will import.
I ordered one and if it helps, they ship to the US (only $15 shipping) and according to the comments on Umbrella Entertainment's Instagram page, the disc(s) are region free. 🙂
I'M SO EXCITED! I pre-ordered it immediately! I remember watching this in the theatre as a kid (and annoying my parents by pointing out all the differences from the cartoon on the drive home 🤣)!!
Can't wait till it arrives!
Yeah why all the differences confused me for a minute too but the movie just rocks and Dolph is the man.
I have the previous US Blu-Ray and DVD releases. It sounds like 88 Films in the UK is releasing it and who knows about the US, so I may wait and see on that and what type of extras they would have. I already know pretty much everything one can know about the film, so I am not in a big hurry. I don't exactly trust shipping from overseas as I have had mixed results. $75 is a bit pricey for something that would be difficult to return if damaged. If a release ever had deleted scenes, I would definitely want that.
I don't want to be a feast breaker, but I still remember that I didn't like it back in 1987 when the MOTU toyline and cartoons were still famous. I've recently tried to watch it while it was available on Amazon Prime and I really didn't manage to watch it till the end; the characters were too much far from both the filmation ones and the '80s toyline ones, some scenes were awkwardly childish and the story had no resemblance whatsoever with the stories we know. Or, at least, that I know. Only the names of the characters (and not even all of them) were a clear reference to MOTU. Even if I tried to consider it as a sci-fantasy b-movie with a generic title and some references to MOTU (that would make it considered as a ripoff) that movie is really really bad. Believe me, I don't mean to be a troll, or to offend the people who loved it. In any way or form.
How is the live action film more childish than the animated series?
If you think the characters are unrecognizeable, because they do not look and sound identical to their animated counterparts, then perhaps you have a shallow understanding of the characters. The silhouette and performance of each character is instantly recognizeable. Frank Langella and Meg Foster are widely considered to be the definitive depictions of Skeletor and Evil Lynn.
Separate from Masters of the Universe, it is a well-made film. It is on par with other genre films like Flash Gordon.
Had Golan and Globus not been convicted of securities fraud, forcing Cannon into bankruptcy, the film would have performed better at the box office. Cannon refused to pay its half of the budget of the film, did not have the funds to hold a premeire, did not have the funds to have it on many screens, did little advertising, and pulled the film after the first weekend when Golan fled the country to avoid criminal prosecution.
I don't want to be a feast breaker, but I still remember that I didn't like it back in 1987 when the MOTU toyline and cartoons were still famous. I've recently tried to watch it while it was available on Amazon Prime and I really didn't manage to watch it till the end; the characters were too much far from both the filmation ones and the '80s toyline ones, some scenes were awkwardly childish and the story had no resemblance whatsoever with the stories we know. Or, at least, that I know. Only the names of the characters (and not even all of them) were a clear reference to MOTU. Even if I tried to consider it as a sci-fantasy b-movie with a generic title and some references to MOTU (that would make it considered as a ripoff) that movie is really really bad. Believe me, I don't mean to be a troll, or to offend the people who loved it. In any way or form.
Everything you are saying might be technically right but hell man do I still love that movie.
